12 Month Check-up and Hayden's Birthday!

Hudson had his 1 year well child visit on Thursday. He is growing right on track and a happy healthy little guy!! Here are his current stats:


Weight: 20 lbs 12 oz (25th %)
Height: 30 1/2 inches (75th %)
Head Circ.: 19 1/4 inches (100th %!!)


He did well during his appointment ..although waiting in the waiting room and room is getting more and more difficult since he doesn't want to be held. He was trying to get into anything he could find in there! He had to have 4 vaccines :( and that was not so fun. He did ok with the first one, but was not too happy with the rest, although he only cried for a minute when they were done and was fine the rest of the day (including a nice long 3 hour nap!)

Unfortunately by dinner time he was starting to get a fever and it was up to 102 by bed time. I gave him some tylenol and put him down. He woke up around 11 and his fever had obviously spiked (I didn't take it, but I'm sure it was close to 104). After getting him some tylenol and rocking him back to sleep I decided I would stay home from work with him Friday to take care of him. I was glad to be able to take care of him and he got a lot of rest Friday and was all ready for his best friend Hayden's birthday party yesterday!!

Saturday I had the day off and we headed up to Lake Stevens to celebrate Hayden's First Birthday!! Joy did an awesome job putting together an adorable Owl/Woodland First Birthday Party. The decorations and food looked great. The boys had fun playing together and it was a nice, low key party! :) It's been so much fun having Hayden and Hudson so close in age and watching them grow and change this past year. I'm looking forward to continuing our play dates and seeing the boys grow up together.




I will update with Birthday Party pictures from Hayden's party when I get a chance. Here are a few from Hudson's 1 year photo shoot with K.Fenton Photography...I LOVE THEM!!! :)

July update-4 months old already!

It's been a busy couple weeks with both Andy and I back to work full-time. We are trying to spend as much time as a family as we can, but it's been hard having opposite shifts and days off. And unfortunately we're going to be doing this until at least next March. I just bid for my new shift at work that starts in September and I will be working the same shift (10pm-8am) but my new days/nights off will be Weds/Thurs/Friday. So at least I will have Friday nights and most of Saturday off before I have to come in to work. And since Christmas Eve and Christmas are on Fri/Sat this year, I will get to spend Hudson's first Christmas with him! So I am very excited about that :)

Lets see...since the last post I had another birthday...the big 27! I feel so old..I can't believe I am already 27..how did this happen?! I got home from work that morning around 8:30, slept for about 4 hours, then got up to enjoy my day. I went and got a pedicure while Hudson was napping, then we headed to Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse where we met Sally, Alysha, Joy and Hayden for dinner. The food was delicious and I think both the boys enjoyed looking at all the decorations inside the restaurant and watching the chef cook for us. Andy and Hudson spoiled me for my birthday buying me a new point and shoot camera (so I don't always have to lug the huge one around!) and a new hair straightener.

Birthday dinner @ Tokyo


Hudson is now 4 months old! We had his 4 month appointment on July 14th (the day before) where he was weighed/measured and also given 2 shots and 1 oral vaccine. He did great and only cried for a minute after the shots. The dr. said everything looks great and gave us the OK to start rice cereal and solids. We have decided to wait a little longer to try them though..maybe when he's closer to 5 months, unless he starts showing more readiness signs soon :) Here's Hudson's 4 month stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 3.5 oz (50th %)

Height/Length: 25 1/2 inches (75th %)

Head Circumference: 17 inches (90th %)

Hudson is becoming such a fun little guy. He is a VERY happy baby, he loves 'talking' to us, giggling/laughing and smiling :) We started putting him in his jumperoo which he is getting the hang of, he still loves batting at his toys in his bouncy chair/activity mat, he loves going on walks and checking out the scenery and his new favorite toy is "Sophie the giraffe" that I just bought him. It's a wonderful teething toy that fits in his little hands perfectly!

Hudson with "Sophie"-his new favorite toy

Hudson is still working on rolling over. He did it twice when he was just over 3 months old (from tummy to back) but has yet to do it since then! Sometimes he rocks back and forth like he's going to do it, but never makes it all the way over! He has been rocking more on his back too, so maybe he will start rolling that direction soon!

We are still working on getting Hudson on a consistent nap schedule. It's been hard to do since each day is different with me working nights and Hudson being with Nancy or my mom watching him on my work days. We're hoping to break him of the habit of sleeping in his swing, which has proven difficult, as he generally doesn't nap very long in his crib. Hopefully this will change soon and we will have a good napper. Luckily his lack of good naps doesn't usually affect his mood, he stays pretty happy and content most days and has been sleeping pretty good at night, usually only waking up once, or not at all until 5 or 6 am.

Well, we don't have too much planned in the upcoming couple months except for a few weddings, but I'm sure Hudson will keep us plenty busy and we will find lots to do with the little guy! I will post pictures soon (although my computer has been having trouble uploading..so not sure when it will work!)

2 month update!

Showing off his gorgeous blue eyes!

Family Photo :)

Patrick and Nikki's Wedding

He hates his sunglasses!

Saturday was Hudson's '2 month birthday'! I can't believe how fast time is going and how quickly our little one is growing up. He has definitely turned from the newborn stage to the infant stage now. He is awake for longer periods during the daytime, smiles and giggles when we talk to him or when he's playing on his activity mat, is slowly getting into a daily and night time routine and is sleeping much better at night!

We are having so much fun with both Andy and I being on leave. I am sooo not excited or ready to go back to work :( I'm so glad that I'm able to take almost 4 months off though, so I won't be going back until July 7th!!

The last few weeks we have continued to stay busy. We've taken Hudson on several shopping trips, went to Bothell to see the Smith's and baby Hayden, visited with Grandma and Grandpa Thompson several times and even took Hudson to his first wedding (of many we have this summer!) last Saturday. My cousin Patrick got married Saturday at the home of his new wife's grandparents. It was a very quaint and intimate ceremony with just their close friends and family. It was nice to be able to celebrate with them and we are excited that they are also expecting their first child this coming November. So Hudson will have a 2nd cousin very close in age!

Today was Hudson's 2 month well baby visit at the pediatrician. They took his measurements and he's growing great! His stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 5.5 oz (15th percentile)

Height/Length: 23 inches (50th percentile)

Head Circumference: 16 inches (60th percentile)

He also had to have 2 vaccines and the oral Rotavirus vaccine. I feel so bad seeing him get the shots but he did great and only cried for a minute. He was a little more sleepy and fussy today but overall no bad reaction from the shots which is a relief!

1 month well-baby checkup

Hudson's 1 month well-baby check up was Wednesday morning. We had the usual weight check, they also measured his length, talked to us about any concerns, took his vitals and he got his 2nd Hepatitis B shot.

His growth is doing great now that we have him on a good feeding regime. His stats from this appt were:

Weight: 7 lbs 10 oz

Length: 21 3/4 in

Head Circumference: 15 in

He is in the 5th percentile for weight (but his gaining is still more than he even needs to have!), 50th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for head circumference. So he's doing great! :)

After the Dr. listened to his heart he told us that he heard a heart murmur. My heart sunk when I heard this wondering what it could mean and hoping and praying it was nothing major. The Dr. said it's a fairly common occurrence in newborns that is often heard at birth (although his wasn't present until now). He said it was probably nothing to worry about but he wanted us to see a pediatric cardiologist just to be sure. As soon as we got home I called the Dr. he referred us to and was lucky enough to schedule an appointment for today (Friday).

We arrived at the pediatric cardiologist's office around 11:15 am. We got checked in and they took us back to a room and hooked Hudson up to monitor his heart. After the technician got that all printed up for the Dr, he came in and talked to us a bit and listened to Hudson's heart on the stethoscope. He said he could hear the murmur that our pediatrician found so he wanted to get an Echo cardiogram done to make sure there were no abnormalities found.

Another technician took us back to the Echo room where she performed the echo cardiogram. It was interesting to watch his little heart beating like crazy on the ultrasound screen. This test took about 15 minutes and Hudson did great, he was a little fussy but not too bad at all! The Dr. came in to share the results after few minutes. He told us they found no abnormalities or problems with Hudson's heart, the murmur is just an 'innocent' murmur. PRAISE GOD!!

After 2 days of worrying this was just the news we were hoping and praying for. As hard as it was to worry for these 2 days we were glad to have it checked out and feel at ease now knowing it is nothing we need to worry about.